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Scientific Name | Habenaria trilobulata Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Habenaria quadrifida Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Habenaria trilobulata is a widespread, but rarely recorded species. It is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species occurs along the Limpopo and Mpumalanga escarpment from the Wolkberg to Barberton, as well as in the coastal forests in Maputaland. The distribution extends northwards to Kenya and Tanzania. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Coastal Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Swamp Forest |
Description | It occurs in open woodland, riverine forest and dry evergreen forest, 0-1100 m. |
Threats |
| There is ongoing loss and degradation of this species' habitat in places, predominantly due to expanding rural settlements in the Lowveld and on the Maputaland coastal plain. Subpopulations in the mountains near Barberton and within the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park are however not declining. |
Population |
This is a rare species occurring in low densities (Johnson and Bytebier 2015).
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Habenaria trilobulata Schltr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Johnson, S. and Bytebier, B. 2015. Orchids of South Africa: A field guide. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
La Croix, I. and Cribb, P.J. 1995. Orchidaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 11 (Part 1):1-320. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Manning, J.C. 1999. Habenaria. In: H.P. Linder and H. Kurzweil (eds.), Orchids of southern Africa (pp. 110-136), A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Habenaria trilobulata Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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